Background Protein research is one of the highly studied areas in the field of medical science. The ability of the proteins to develop far more effective drugs for cancer, diabetes, etc is utilized by the researchers. However, it is also important to note that while proteins show great potential in the development of pharmaceuticals, they also pose trickiest challenges. They…

Anti-inflammatory diet An anti-inflammatory diet is composed of food that reduces the inflammatory response. any mainstream nutrition expert would encourage you to eat anti-inflammatory food. It also helps to tackle autoimmune disease and other chronic illness. What’s new A recent study published in the Journal of internal medicine found that sticking to the anti-inflammatory diet can reduce the risk of…

The number of people suffering from kidney related disorders often termed as Renal Disorders is on rise in the world. Diseases like diabetes and other congenital abnormalities occur very frequently and have played a crucial role in the development of renal diseases. The only options available to the patients for the treatment is dialysis and kidney transplant. And both these…

In a leading research conducted at the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), the scientists have identified new means of fighting drug-tolerant bacteria, which has become a growing global threat. It is considered as dangerous as the drug-resistant microbes. Till date, there is not much information available about the mechanisms that lead to tolerance. Tolerance is a strategy…

Ebola virus Ebola virus can cause a severe, often fatal illness in humans. It can be transferred to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. It causes severe bleeding, organ failure and ultimately leads to death. What’s new? A recent study from the Scripps Research Institute brought weaknesses of Ebola virus into the spotlight.…

Bacteria has found many ways to tackle the antibiotics during the course of time and the most common example is antibiotic resistance. What’s New A recent study found a new method using which a particular type of bacteria are helping their friends ( which means other bacteria) to develop resistance to antibiotics. It’s like bacteria sharing notes among them. Bacteria…

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